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Plant Care Sheets
The Desert Museum's Annual Plant Sale is held at the end of September. The list below displays the plants from the most recent sale.
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to view the Plant Care Sheet. These sheets have been compiled by the Desert Museum Botany Department. In some cases, plant care information from Mountain States Wholesale Nursery has been used to supplement the museum's own knowledge base.
| Common Name ↑ ↓ | Botanical Name ↑ ↓ | Form ↑ ↓ | Purpose | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Coastal Sand Verbena | Abronia maritima | Ground cover |   |
| | Palmer Indian mallow | Abutilon palmeri | Small shrub |  |
| | Desert rose | Adenium hybrids (red) | Succulent/semisucculent |  |
| | King Ferdinand agave | Agave × nickelsiae | Succulent/semisucculent |  |
| | Arizona agave | Agave arizonica | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Shark skin agave | Agave asperrima × nickelsiae | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Palmer agave | Agave palmeri | Succulent/semisucculent |  |
| | Small-flowered agave | Agave parviflora ssp. densiflora | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Shindagger | Agave schottii | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Queen Victoria agave | Agave victoria-reginae | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Octopus agave | Agave vilmoriniana | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Floss flower | Ageratum corymbosum | Perennial | |
| | Baja bursage | Ambrosia bryantii | Small shrub | |
| | Triangleleaf bursage | Ambrosia deltoidea | Small shrub | |
| | 'Quitobaquito Springs' yerba mansa | Anemopsis californica | Ground cover | |
| | Flame bush | Anisacanthus quadrifidus | Medium shrub | |
| | Red queen's wreath | Antigonon leptopus | Vine | |
| | White queen's wreath | Antigonon leptopus | Vine | |
| | White-veined Dutchman's pipe | Aristolochia fimbriata | Vining groundcover | |
| | Calico flower | Aristolochia littoralis | Vine | |
| | Southwestern pipevine | Aristolochia watsonii | Vining groundcover | |
| | Sage | Artemisia ludoviciana | Perennial | |
| | Goat's horn | Astrophytum capricorne | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Quail bush | Atriplex lentiformis | Large shrub | |
| | Willow groundsel | Barkleyanthus salicifolius | Medium shrub | |
| | Golden cereus | Bergerocactus emoryi | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Chocolate flower | Berlandiera lyrata | Perennial | |
| | Torote prieto | Bursera hindsiana | Medium shrub | |
| | Torote jolopete | Bursera lancifolia | Medium shrub | |
| | Elephant tree | Bursera microphylla | Medium shrub | |
| | Chiltepin | Capsicum annuum (wild type) | Small shrub | |
| | Saguaro | Carnegiea gigantea | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Netleaf hackberry | Celtis reticulata | Tree | |
| | Starleaf Mexican Orange | Choisya dumosa | Small shrub | |
| | Aztec Pearl | Choisya X dewitteana | Small shrub | |
| | Fragrant mist flower | Chromolaena odorata | Medium shrub | |
| | Boneset | Chromolaena sagittata | Medium shrub | |
| | Bush verbena | Citharexylum flabelliformis | Medium shrub | |
| | Sweet lime | Citrus limettioides | Small tree | |
| | Dwarf Lisbon Lemon | Citrus limon | Small tree | |
| | Candle cactus | Cleistocactus candelilla | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Mist flower | Conoclinium (Eupatorium) discectum | Perennial | |
| | Texas olive | Cordia boissieri | Tree | |
| | Little-leaf cordia | Cordia parvifolia | Large shrub | |
| | 'Goodwin Homestead' heritage quince | Cydonia oblonga | Small tree | |
| | Diamond cholla | Cylindropuntia ramosissima | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Tesajo | Cylindropuntia tesajo | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Trailing indigo bush | Dalea greggii | Ground cover | |
| | Desert spoon | Dasylirion wheeleri | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Green-flowered bromel | Deuterocchonia brevifolia | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Arizona foldwing | Dicliptera resupinata | Perennial | |
| | Uruguayan firecracker plant | Dicliptera squarrosa (D. suberecta) | Perennial | |
| | Pride of Madiera | Echium fasciculatum | Large shrub | |
| | Desert fuschia | Epilobium (Zauschneria) canum | Perennial | |
| | Turpentine bush | Ericameria laricifolia | Small shrub | |
| | Scarlet Monkeyflower | Erythranthe cardinalis | Perennial | |
| | Coral bean | Erythrina ×bidwelii | Medium shrub | |
| | Slipper flower | Euphorbia (Pedilanthus macrocarpus) lomellii | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Mini Lady’s Slipper | Euphorbia cymbifera | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Candelabra spurge | Euphorbia lactea | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Prickly pear spurge | Euphorbia opuntioides | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Danda thor | Euphorbia royaliana | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | White spurge | Euphorbia xanti | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | 'Kiper Springs' heritage fig | Ficus carica | Tree | |
| | 'Oro Blanco' heritage fig | Ficus carica | Medium tree | |
| | 'Mission San Antonio' heritage fig | Ficus carica | Medium tree | |
| | 'Mission Santa Ines' heritage fig | Ficus carica | Medium tree | |
| | 'Santa Ignacio Kino' heritage fig | Ficus carica | Medium tree | |
| | 'Quitovac' heritage fig | Ficus carica | Medium tree | |
| | 'Quitobaquito Springs' heritage fig | Ficus carica | Medium tree | |
| | 'Sosa Carrillo' heritage fig | Ficus carica | Medium tree | |
| | Rock fig | Ficus petiolaris | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Ocotillo blanco pichilinge | Fouquieria burageei | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Boojum | Fouquieria columnaris | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Mexican tree ocotillo | Fouquieria macdougalii | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Ocotillo | Fouquieria splendens | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Baja snapdragon bush | Galvezia juncea | Small shrub | |
| | Wright silktassel | Garrya wrightii | Medium shrub | |
| | Goodding verbena | Glandularia gooddingii | Perennial | |
| | Airy bachelor's buttons | Gomphrena decumbens | Small shrub | |
| | Wild cotton | Gossypium davidsonii | Medium shrub | |
| | Wild cotton | Gossypium thurberi | Medium shrub | |
| | Wild Cotton | Gossypium turneri | Medium shrub | |
| | Devil's club cholla | Grusonia invicta | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Texas firecracker bush | Hamelia patens Hamelia patens Hamelia patens Hamelia patens Hamelia patens Hamelia patens Hamelia pa | Medium shrub | |
| | Maximilian sunflower | Helianthus maximiliani | Medium shrub | |
| | Island renegade | Henrya insularis | Small shrub | |
| | Pink Parade® | Hesperaloe hybrid | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Red hesperaloe | Hesperaloe parviflora | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Heartleaf hibiscus | Hibiscus martianus(cardiophyllus) | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Carrion flower | Hoodiopsis species | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Desert lavender | Hyptis albida (emoryi) | Large shrub | |
| | Clustervine | Jacquemontia pringlei | Vine | |
| | San Juanico | Jacquinia macrocarpa pungens | Large shrub | |
| | Red chuparrosa | Justicia californica | Medium shrub | |
| | Yellow chuparosa | Justicia californica | Medium shrub | |
| | Sonoran honeysuckle | Justicia sonorae | Perennial | |
| | White Sonoran honeysuckle | Justicia sonorae | Perennial | |
| | Confiturilla grande | Lagascea decipiens | Medium shrub | |
| | Red lantana | Lantana camara hybrid | Small shrub | |
| | Gold lantana | Lantana camara hybrid | Small shrub | |
| | Senita | Lophocereus schottii | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Slender totem pole cactus | Lophocereus schottii fa. mieckleyanus | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Totempole cactus | Lophocereus schottii fa. monstrosus | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Feather tree | Lysiloma watsoni | Medium tree | |
| | Sonoran brittlestem | Mabrya geniculata | Small shrub | |
| | Red Turk's cap | Malvaviscus arborea | Medium shrub | |
| | Whitebark acacia | Mariosousa willardiana | Small tree | |
| | Red snapdragon vine | Maurandya antirrhiniflora | Vine | |
| | Blackfoot daisy | Melampodium leucanthum | Small shrub | |
| | Pyramid bush | Melochia tomentosa | Small shrub | |
| | 'Mission San Antonio' heritage mint | Mentha species | Ground cover | |
| | Bamboo muhly | Muhlenbergia dumosa | Grass | |
| | Cochal | Myrtillocactus cochal | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Candelabra cactus | Myrtillocactus geometrizans | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Crested candelabra cactus | Myrtillocactus geometrizans cristata | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Beargrass | Nolina microcarpa | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Devil's shoestring | Nolina texana | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Tufted evening primrose | Oenothera caespitosa | Perennial | |
| | Dwarf Rose Evening Primrose | Oenothera rosea | Perennial | |
| | Mexican Evening Primrose | Oenothera speciosa 'Siskiyou' | Perennial | |
| | Scarlet bee blossom | Oenothera suffrutescens | Perennial | |
| | Woolly Jacket prickly pear | Opuntia species | ||
| | Passion fruit | Passiflora arida | Vine | |
| | Passion flower | Passiflora mexicana | Vine | |
| | Lady Margaret Passion Vine | Passiflora x | Vine | |
| | Scarlet Flame Passion Vine | Passiflora x | Vine | |
| | Night-blooming cereus | Peniocereus greggii | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Mexican night-blooming cereus | Peniocereus serpentinus | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Dahlia-rooted cereus | Peniocereus striatus | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Rose Cactus | Pereskia grandiflora | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Frog fruit | Phyla nodiflora | Ground cover | |
| | Summer Snow™ plumbago | Plumbago zeylandica | Small shrub | |
| | Frangipani | Plumeria acutifolia | Small shrub | |
| | 'Garcia Camp' heritage pomagranate | Punica granatum | Small tree | |
| | ' Sosa Carillo' heritage pomegranate | Punica granatum Sosa Carrillo | Tree | |
| | Prairie coneflower | Ratibida columnifera | Perennial | |
| | Sugar sumac | Rhus ovata | Large shrub | |
| | Tuberous sida | Rhynchosida physocalyx | Perennial | |
| | Desert ruellia | Ruellia peninsularis | Medium shrub | |
| | Trailing russelia | Russelia furfuracea | Ground cover | |
| | White sage | Salvia apiana | Medium shrub | |
| | Chaparral sage | Salvia clevelandii | Medium shrub | |
| | Carl Nielson sage | Salvia clevelandii × S. mojavensis | Medium shrub | |
| | Galaena red sage | Salvia darcyi | Perennial | |
| | Red autumn sage | Salvia greggii | Small shrub | |
| | Crimson sage | Salvia henryi | Perennial | |
| | Lemmon sage | Salvia lemmonii | Small shrub | |
| | Grape-scented sage | Salvia melissodora | Small shrub | |
| | Black Sage | Salvia mellifera | Medium shrub | |
| | West Texas grass sage | Salvia reptans | Small shrub | |
| | Hybrid grass sage | Salvia reptans hybrid | Small shrub | |
| | Starrfire red skullcap | Scutellaria hybrid | Perennial | |
| | Scullcap | Scutellaria potosina var. tessellata | Perennial | |
| | Sina volador | Selenicereus vagens | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Sonoran nightshade | Solanum hindsianum | Large shrub | |
| | Texas betony | Stachys coccinea | Perennial | |
| | Organpipe cactus | Stenocereus thurberi | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Dwarf organpipe cactus | Stenocereus thurberi var. littoralis | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Day-of-the-dead flower | Symphiotrichum lanceolatum | Perennial | |
| | Mountain marigold | Tagetes lemmonii | Small shrub | |
| | Mexican tarragon | Tagetes lucida | Small shrub | |
| | Orange bells | Tecoma garocha | Large shrub | |
| | Yellow bells | Tecoma stans | Large shrub | |
| | Angelita daisy | Tetraneuris (Hymenoxys) acaulis | Small shrub | |
| | Green thread | Thelesperma megapotamicum | Perennial | |
| | Alamos air plant | Tillandsia elizabethae | Perennial | |
| | Sonoran air plant | Tillandsia exserta | Perennial | |
| | Nacapule jasmine | Vallesia laciniata | Large shrub | |
| | Arizona rosewood | Vauquelinia californica | Large shrub | |
| | Skeleton-leaf goldeneye | Viguieria stenoloba | Medium shrub | |
| | 'Mission San Borja' heritage grape | Vitis species | Vine | |
| | 'Mission San Gabriel' heritage grape | Vitis species | Vine | |
| | Mountain yucca | Yucca (×schottii) madrensis | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Banana Yucca | Yucca baccata baccata | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Sahuiliqui Yucca | Yucca grandiflora | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Graythorn | Ziziphus obtusifolia | Large shrub | |
| Common Name ↑ ↓ | Botanical Name ↑ ↓ | Form ↑ ↓ | Purpose |
